Which of the following are required for Life-Cycle Assurance?
Answer(s): C
Security testing and trusted distribution are required for Life-Cycle Assurance.The following answers are incorrect:System Architecture and Design specification. Is incorrect because System Architecture is not requried for Life-Cycle Assurance.Security Testing and Covert Channel Analysis. Is incorrect because Covert Channel Analysis is not requried for Life-Cycle Assurance.Configuration Management and Trusted Facility Management. Is incorrect because Trusted Facility Management. is not requried for Life-Cycle Assurance.
Memory management in TCSEC levels B3 and A1 operating systems may utilize "data hiding".What does this mean?
Answer(s): A
Data Hiding is protecting data so that it is only available to higher levels this is done and is also performed by layering, when the software in each layer maintains its own global data and does not directly reference data outside its layers.The following answers are incorrect:Auditing processes and their memory addresses cannot be accessed by user processes. Is incorrect because this does not offer data hiding.Only security processes are allowed to write to ring zero memory. This is incorrect, the security kernel would be responsible for this.It is a form of strong encryption cipher. Is incorrect because this does not conform to the definition of data hiding.
What does "System Integrity" mean?
System Integrity means that all components of the system cannot be tampered with by unauthorized personnel and can be verified that they work properly.The following answers are incorrect:The software of the system has been implemented as designed. Is incorrect because this would fall under Trusted system distribution.Users can't tamper with processes they do not own. Is incorrect because this would fall under Configuration Management.Design specifications have been verified against the formal top-level specification. Is incorrect because this would fall under Specification and verification.
AIOv3 Security Models and Architecture (pages 302 - 306) DOD TCSEC - http://www.cerberussystems.com/INFOSEC/stds/d520028.htm
The Orange Book states that "Hardware and software features shall be provided that can be used to periodically validate the correct operation of the on-site hardware and firmware elements of the TCB [Trusted Computing Base]." This statement is the formal requirement for:
This is a requirement starting as low as C1 within the TCSEC rating.The Orange book requires the following for System Integrity Hardware and/or software features shall be provided that can be used to periodically validate the correct operation of the on-site hardware and firmware elements of the TCB.NOTE FROM CLEMENT:This is a question that confuses a lot of people because most people take for granted that the orange book with its associated Bell LaPadula model has nothing to do with integrity. However you have to be careful about the context in which the word integrity is being used. You can have Data Integrity and you can have System Integrity which are two completely different things.Yes, the Orange Book does not specifically address the Integrity requirements, however it has to run on top of systems that must meet some integrity requirements.This is part of what they call operational assurance which is defined as a level of confidence of a trusted system's architecture and implementation that enforces the system's security policy. It includes:System architectureCovert channel analysisSystem integrityTrusted recoveryDATA INTEGRITYData Integrity is very different from System Integrity. When you have integrity of the data, there are three goals:1. Prevent authorized users from making unauthorized modifications2. Preven unauthorized users from making modifications3. Maintaining internal and external consistancy of the dataBell LaPadula which is based on the Orange Book address does not address Integrity, it addresses only Confidentiality.Biba address only the first goal of integrity.Clark-Wilson addresses the three goals of integrity.In the case of this question, there is a system integrity requirement within the TCB. As mentioned above here is an extract of the requirements: Hardware and/or software features shall be provided that can be used to periodically validate the correct operation of the on-site hardware and firmware elements of the TCB.The following answers are incorrect:Security Testing. Is incorrect because Security Testing has no set of requirements in the Orange book.Design Verification. Is incorrect because the Orange book's requirements for Design Verification include: A formal model of the security policy must be clearly identified and documented, including a mathematical proof that the model is consistent with its axioms and is sufficient to support the security policy.System Architecture Specification. Is incorrect because there are no requirements for SystemArchitecture Specification in the Orange book.The following reference(s) were used for this question:Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC), DoD 5200.28-STD, page 15, 18, 25, 31, 40, 50.Harris, Shon (2012-10-25). CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, 6th Edition, Security Architecture and Design, Page 392-397, for users with the Kindle Version see Kindle Locations 28504-28505.andDOD TCSEC - http://www.cerberussystems.com/INFOSEC/stds/d520028.htm
Which of the following can be used as a covert channel?
The Orange book requires protection against two types of covert channels, Timing and Storage.The following answers are incorrect:Storage and low bits. Is incorrect because, low bits would not be considered a covert channel. Storage and permissions. Is incorrect because, permissions would not be considered a covert channel.Storage and classification. Is incorrect because, classification would not be considered a covert channel.
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